Szeroki Bór Piski

Szeroki Bór Piski
Settlement
Szeroki Bór Piski
Coordinates: 53°38′25″N 21°41′55″E / 53.64028°N 21.69861°E / 53.64028; 21.69861
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Pisz
Gmina Pisz

Szeroki Bór Piski [ʂɛˈrɔki ˈbur ˈpiski] (German: Breitenheide)[1] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Pisz, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Pisz and 81 km (50 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia), throughout World War II the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Air Force High Command) was temporarily located in Breitenheide.[3]

References

  1. goldap.pl (Polish)
  2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. Knopf, Volker; Neumärker, Uwe (2008). Görings Revier: Jagd und Politik in der Rominter Heide (in German). Ch. Links. p. 124. ISBN 978-3-86153-457-0.


Coordinates: 53°38′25″N 21°41′55″E / 53.64028°N 21.69861°E / 53.64028; 21.69861


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